Here’s my introduction and the start of my build thread.
Picked this up last weekend from a local seller, seems it spent most of its time as a farm truck. It was repainted on the exterior at some point, and the bodywork was done fairly well, but not the paint.
Drove it 10 miles home with my foot half on the gas most of the way due to poor carb tuning, possibly getting too much fuel from the retrofitted electronic fuel pump.
Floorboards are toast, tailgate bottom edge is shot, corners of the bed need work, but there’s a lot going for it.
It runs! Decently too, but the valve train is pretty noisy right now. Shifts good, most all the interior and emblems are present and accounted for. Body is quite straight. Cooling system works.
I lost probably a quart of oil on the 10 miles home, so spent a couple evenings on Google sourcing 230 engine parts.... no small feat. I’ll post links to what I found tomorrow, but if anyone has any to add, I’m all ears!
I’m no stranger to Jeeps or mechanics, but I’m a cabinetmaker by trade, so metal can be a bit foreign to me at times. Had an 85 CJ7, 88 Comanche, 98 TJ, 98 Cherokee, those are all gone. Have another 98 TJ in the driveway, but I don’t think it’ll be staying long.
And a couple of my helpers...
Picked this up last weekend from a local seller, seems it spent most of its time as a farm truck. It was repainted on the exterior at some point, and the bodywork was done fairly well, but not the paint.
Drove it 10 miles home with my foot half on the gas most of the way due to poor carb tuning, possibly getting too much fuel from the retrofitted electronic fuel pump.
Floorboards are toast, tailgate bottom edge is shot, corners of the bed need work, but there’s a lot going for it.
It runs! Decently too, but the valve train is pretty noisy right now. Shifts good, most all the interior and emblems are present and accounted for. Body is quite straight. Cooling system works.
I lost probably a quart of oil on the 10 miles home, so spent a couple evenings on Google sourcing 230 engine parts.... no small feat. I’ll post links to what I found tomorrow, but if anyone has any to add, I’m all ears!
I’m no stranger to Jeeps or mechanics, but I’m a cabinetmaker by trade, so metal can be a bit foreign to me at times. Had an 85 CJ7, 88 Comanche, 98 TJ, 98 Cherokee, those are all gone. Have another 98 TJ in the driveway, but I don’t think it’ll be staying long.
And a couple of my helpers...
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